Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/2001 of 26 January 2001 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2001 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2001-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 174/2001

of 26 January 2001

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of January 2001 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of
10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken
rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/98 (2), and in
particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
within 10 days of the closing date for notification by the
Member States of licence applications, the Commission
must decide to what extent the applications may be
accepted and fix the quantities available under
the
following tranche;

examination of
the quantities for which applications
have been submitted for under the January 2001 tranche
shows that licences should be issued for the quantities

applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percent-
ages set out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first 10 working days of January 2001 pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission
shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.

The quantities available under the following tranche shall

2.
be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 2001 and quantities available
for the following tranche:

(a) quantity referred to in Article 2: semi-milled and wholly-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30

Origin

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

0 (1)

79,8419

—

—

(b) quantity referred to in Article 2: husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

Origin

Australia

United States of America

Thailand

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

0 (1)

0 (1)

100,0000

—

(c) quantity referred to in Article 2: broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00

Origin

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

25,2716

0 (1)

0 (1)

97,3684

91,6667

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for April 2001
(in t)

1 974,85

—

—

—

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for April 2001
(in t)

2 176,10

—

—

—

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for July 2001
(in t)

—

—

4 251,00

—

—